Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1957)

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THE WHEELING INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION STORY BOARD ANNCR: Wheeling is the center of one of the fastest growing markets in America — the booming Upper Ohio Valley . . . Established Industry is Expanding!— Weirton Steel Div. of National Steel Corp. has embarked on a vast expansion program, creating steady jobs for 13,500 employees. New Industry is moving in! — The gigantic Olin-Revere aluminum plant will cover 1,100 acres, has already been replanned from 60,000 tons to 180,000 tons yearly capacity. Weirton will have the world's speediest cold reducing tandem mill, largest reheating furnaces, widest slab yard, largest open hearth furnaces in the industry! Jttfa* This new plant plus accompanying power plants, coal mines, and aluminum rolling mills will require more than 4,000 neiu employees . . . and attract many other "satellite industries." Wheeling is meeting the challenge — with such new civic improvements as this beautiful Ohio River bridge and expressway entry to the heart of the city . . . "a station worth watching" ^f^p^jpF ^jjjj^ U"" *" "Kl" ^MP^ Wheeling 7, West Virginia Increasing employment and swelling payrolls mean more spendable funds — for products advertised on WTRF-TV, the dominant television station in the Wheeling market . . . NBC 316,000 watts Equipped for network color For availabilities and complete coverage information —call Bob Ferguson, V. Pres. and Gen. Mgr., or Needham Smith, Sales Mgr.— Wheeling Exchange—CEdar 2-7777 — or any George P. Holli ngbery Co. Representative. reaching a market that's reaching new importance!